Dogwood tree trunk filled with bullets and shrapnel. Arrows point to entry holes. The trunk was found in the refuse of dead trees cut for trail building at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The park was dedicated in 1895.

A section of body armor, pierced by two holes, from the Shiloh battlefield. The Battle of Shiloh was fought April 6-7, 1862. Union forces were commanded by Maj. Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell. The Confederates were led by Gens. Albert...